Abstract: Within the globalization context, the current development of Information Technology and its required hardware support lead to a one-way road focused on e-design and e-research, a road of minimal costs and efficient resource usage. The paper aims to bring contributions to project management development and long-distance research, a required step in the tough competition that is to come. A new notion is introduced, that of e-creative design – meaning long-distance design using creative methods and techniques.

Key words: e-learning, e-design, e-research, e-creative design.